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(11) EP 3 538 790 A1

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(43) Date of publication:
18.09.2019 Bulletin 2019/38

(21) Application number: 17869107.7

(22) Date of filing: 22.03.2017
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
F16H 25/22(2006.01)
F03B 13/20(2006.01)
 F03B 3/16(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/US2017/023488
(87) International publication number:
WO 2018/089038 (17.05.2018 Gazette 2018/20)
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
Designated Extension States:
BA ME
Designated Validation States:
MA MD

(30) Priority: 09.11.2016 US 201662419903 P

(71) Applicant: Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
Pennington, NJ 08534 (US)

(72) Inventors:
  • SAFABAKHSH, Mojtaba
    Yardley, PA 19067 (US)
  • DUBEY, Chandreshkumar
    East Windsor, NJ 08520 (US)
  • BORGMANN, John Joseph Jr.
    Philadelphia, PA 19119 (US)

(74) Representative: Loven, Keith James 
LOVEN Patents & Trademarks Limited 51 Wragby Road Sudbrooke
Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN2 2QU
Lincoln, Lincolnshire LN2 2QU (GB)

   


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